Pin-lock.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1.014.015. ll.\-L()Cl{. LtxiNAnnlLSnmL, ('leveland. (lhio. Filed JulyQ0, 11110. Seriul No. 572,894.

[o oll whom it may concern:

lle. it known that l, Lnoxwnn It. Cham.,

u citizen of the United States, residing nt Cleveland. in the county ofCuyahoga and p IQtate of Ohio, have invented new nnd uscfnl improvementsin Pin-Locks, of which the following is u specification.

'lhis invention relates to improvements f in lretiring devices forIndies lint pins; |and the primary object of the invcntlon is to providen device of this class which is extremely simple in construction, whichmay he. readily nnd ensily positioned upon the hat pin, und which willsecurely lock the lvoue, lint which at the same time may be easilyremoved from the pin when desired.

With the nhove, and other objects in view, which will appenr as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand combination of parte hereinnfter fully described and claimed.

In the accompnnyin drawings there has been illustrated a simp e andpreferred embodiment of the improvement, and iu which drawings,

Figure 1 is a side clevntion of a pinloek emstrueted in aceordnnce withthc resent invention. Fig. 2 is n centrnl vertieu transverse Isectionalview of the same.

In the conunon formof tins now em iloyed for seeuriug hnts upon hu iestienda t te in portion of the Same projects n distance lievond the sideof the hut, lluel rendering the pin dangerous, oughfare'=. 'l`he pin ISalso dnueelous when tht` hut is removed from the liead of the wea rer.such un in eloult rooms, thenlers and the like.

lt is the primnry ohjeet ot' the procent invention to noteet theprojecting portion ofthe piu and ut the same time securely loelc the piuupon the hat. 'l`o accomplish these purpose l here provided n hut pinproteetoi und loek eomprisin u sleeve l, au operating or securing mem:er 2. nud an ornomeutnl sleeve il. 'I`he sleeve l eonlpriwu n tuhulurmember huving n ledueed exten- Vion t whieh mnv he provided with nthiring mouth 3 nml through whieh the point ol the pin is adnpled to heitwerted. 'lhe especinlly in crowded thor-y upper portion of the ult-eve1 is enlurved4 as ut t5 nud hm its hore provided wlth thrends 7, the.Huid hore heine of n iodistnutinlly cone-shaped foriiuttlot. noilltu-ztroted in the sectional view ofthe drawings. 'l`he. securingmember 2. to which is secured the top 8 is provided with u eeutrul Imrenud hns its exterior formed with serewo ll eorrespondio with the thrends7 of the member 1. Tie projecting or threaded portion of the securingmember 2 is eone-shuped So that the s mne muy he reudilv fitted withinelleetively compressed. The member n of 3 the securin element Q isslitted verticallyl 1 and these s ite` nre positioned preferably ntright nngles to ene l other making four in number.

The casing 3 is secured to the head S in env desired or preferredmunuer.

1y this nrrungement it will he noted that none. Aof the memhers canheeouic sepnrnted nnd that the easing effectively incluses both thesecuring member und the enlarged portion of the sleeves.

it iS thou ht that the opernlion of the device will )e nppnrent. itbeing merely neeesary to imei-t. n pin within the tlnring month 5 of theextension 4 of the melnher l, the seid pin being brought into contactwith the inner bore of the securing niember and the reduced extension 4being held |hvr one hand of the operator und the Sleeve It rotntedthereon will 'uuse the Securing nizinller L. to eo|npre-- and tightlyengnul llo' pin.

llnving thufully deserihrd the invention. what l eluim us new iQ:--.

lo :i derive for the [purpose set forth. n hollow olemht-r eolnprist'ng:in enlar ed portion and :i reduced extension. suit ho low uit-ruborlmviug it\l hot-e thretuled and being protided with n eone-e-hapedportion nd- ]uerut it juncture with tlu` redueed extension. n seeuriugutelnhrr huving n hollow slitted teni and :i enne-shaped extension. saidVtent heing formed with thrends mlnpted to rngnge with the threads ofthe hollow tuemlier. the eoue-shnped extension ol the Suid Inelnlleruliliing with the liore of the reduced extension of tht' tirol namedmember. both the bore of the reduced extension und the hure ol' thetitled .Klein udupted to receive the point of the hat pin. the redueedextenwion being forno-tt with n flaring end, the securing niemher heiugprovided with n hend. und n timing eonueeted willi the hend nlul snr--ronndingr the enlarged portion of the first nnmcd member. uid eusiughnviug its end opposite the head reduced und formed with nu openingthrough which the reduced extension of the Suid tirSt nnmcd lneinhcrprojects.

ln testimonyr whereof I nflix my signntnre t in presence of twowitnesses. LEONARD R. STEEL.

Witnesses:

.\l.\nr.t. Lawurxer, Joux D. Lmvn.

